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Antares Metals delivered its busiest exploration year yet, reporting high-grade copper, uranium and gold results across Queensland and Western Australia. But the explorer ended FY2026 with just $581,438 in cash, while its auditor flagged a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Merino & Co cut its FY2026 loss by 20% as China revenue more than doubled, but group revenue declined and cash reserves fell sharply. The auditor highlighted a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Rimfire Pacific Mining has expanded its NSW scandium inventory and reported preliminary leach results that could support a simpler extraction route. But the ASX explorer ended FY2026 with $583,770 in cash, negative working capital and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Mount Ridley Mines has used its FY2026 annual report to put scale and processing progress at the centre of its Grass Patch story, including a post-year-end scandium resource upgrade to 946.1 million tonnes. The company remains loss-making and pre-production, but September testwork reported approximately 92% scandium recovery and average heavy rare earth recovery of about 84%.

SOCO Corporation Ltd (ASX:SOC) reported a $6.35 million FY26 statutory loss after writing down its Axsym business, even as second-half revenue, margins and cash flow improved. The company enters FY27 with $9.5 million of contracted project value carried forward and a further $4 million secured since year-end.

Celsius Resources has reported a sharply wider FY2026 loss after impairing its disputed interest in the MCB copper-gold project, while an Equinaire credit bid has complicated ownership of the Philippine asset. The company is relying on a pending Opuwo sale, fresh financing and arbitration to keep its development strategy alive.

Estrella Resources has delivered a 27,371-tonne manganese stockpile and a maiden 621-million-tonne limestone resource in Timor-Leste, but the operational progress came alongside a $23.98 million FY2026 loss and a $21.13 million impairment of Western Australian assets. The next test is whether the manganese stockpile can become cash and whether Werumata can move beyond an Inferred resource.

archTIS delivered a sharp step-up in revenue and recurring income after acquiring Spirion, but the stronger top line came with a $16 million loss and a formal warning over its ability to fund operations. The cybersecurity company now has until late October to extend or refinance a key lending facility.

Clarity Pharmaceuticals is approaching pivotal Phase III readouts for its prostate cancer imaging agent, backed by AUD178.3 million in liquid assets. The radiopharmaceutical developer remains deeply loss-making, but expanded manufacturing capacity and early clinical signals are pulling its commercial ambitions into sharper focus.

Zenith Minerals more than doubled its flagship Dulcie gold resource to 675,000 ounces in FY26, but the company’s next chapter is now tied to Forrestania Resources’ conditional takeover offer. The annual report also details Takeovers Panel intervention, ongoing drilling and a cash balance of $4.23 million.

Western Gold Resources has expanded the Gold Duke resource and production target, but its annual report carries a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The project still needs a processing pathway, heritage consultation and further funding before production can begin.

Delorean Corporation’s SA1 Salisbury renewable gas project is more than 85% complete after the company returned to near break-even EBITDA in FY2026. But the annual report carries a material uncertainty over going concern, leaving commissioning, refinancing and new funding as critical tests for the ASX-listed developer.

Freehill Mining’s Chilean aggregates operation reached record quarterly sales as the company moved deeper into copper-gold development. But the stronger operating performance came alongside a larger loss, negative operating cash flow and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Middle Island Resources has outlined a much larger Serbian exploration portfolio after acquiring Konstantin Resources, with Bobija emerging as a broad shallow gold-silver polymetallic system. But the ASX explorer also reported a $3.35 million loss, $2.39 million in cash and an auditor-flagged material uncertainty over its ability to continue without further capital.

Rectifier Technologies has warned of a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern after revenue fell 41% and its annual loss widened to $6.39 million. An auditor-highlighted liquidity risk now sits alongside a $13 million order book and new EV charging products under development.

GBM Resources has paired encouraging gold results beyond the existing Twin Hills resource with a substantially stronger balance sheet after a A$40 million placement and convertible-note repayment. The exploration-stage company finished the year with A$31.7 million in cash, but its next resource upgrade still depends on assays and further drilling.

Verity Resources has expanded its Monument gold story in Western Australia, but the explorer’s stronger resource base sits alongside a sharply higher annual loss, A$4.67 million operating cash outflow and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company finished FY2026 with A$1.05 million in cash and more than A$2.39 million of exploration commitments due within a year.

Maverick Minerals finished FY2026 with $5.3 million in cash after raising $6 million, but warned that further funding will be needed to sustain its expanded exploration program. The auditor highlighted a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Canyon Resources has advanced construction at its Minim Martap bauxite project, but a lender’s drawdown suspension has delayed first shipment and created material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The annual report also details a recommended rejection of A2MP’s A$0.05-a-share takeover offer.

Cassius Mining reported a deeper FY2026 loss, negative net assets and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company is relying on further funding, a possible Ghana arbitration award and progress at its Soalara limestone project to support its next phase.

Cobre Limited (ASX:CBE) says its Sierra Atacama turnaround delivered a first cash-positive quarter, higher recovery and 879 tonnes of copper cathode production. The company remains loss-making at group level, but enters FY27 with more cash, a larger project stake and an ambitious drilling and expansion programme.

Tlou Energy has generated its first revenue from gas-derived power at the Lesedi project, but the milestone sits alongside a A$59.96 million loss, minimal cash and a material going-concern uncertainty. Proposed debt conversions could reduce liabilities, yet neither transaction is binding or provides new funding.

Botala Energy’s Serowe CBM project has reached its most important testing phase after well 3.5B delivered strong early water production and casing pressure. The operational progress is material, but the company still faces a funding hurdle and has not yet demonstrated sustained commercial gas flow.

Heavy Rare Earths has identified high-grade heavy rare earth zones at Subron while preparing drilling across its South Australian portfolio. But the FY2026 report also highlights a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, with only $459,327 in cash at year-end.